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Honing machines use small, bonded abrasive stones or super-abrasive sticks mounted in a fixture that rotates and reciprocates when applied to the surface or bore being finished. Honing is used to correct the geometry and alignment of holes and to produce the surface required for the application.

Lapping machines generate very flat surfaces (geometry refinement) with extremely fine finishes by using loose abrasives in a carrier fluid where parts are processed between one or two large flat lap plates or platens. Compared to grinding and honing, lapping removes much less material. Finishes are measured in micron and nanometer ranges.

Superfinishing, microhoning, or microfinishing machines produce surfaces with a very fine or low roughness average (Ra). A very fine grit stone or several fine bonded stones are rubbed against the surface of the workpiece. Superfinishing is similar to honing, but finer or lower Ra finish is produced with limited stock removal. Superfinishing can not correct geometry to the same degree as honing.

Other unlisted, specialty or proprietary types of devices such as scarifiers, power files, scrapers, extrusion or flow honing, thermal deburring or stripping, and wafer thinning or backgrinding equipment.

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Cylindrical or outer diameter (OD) devices grind or finish between the centers or between a chuck and center in a lathe-like machine. Shafts, threaded shafts, large rolls, cams, valve stems, or similarly-profiled, radially symmetric components are ground or finished using cylindrical or OD grinding.

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Three-phase power contains three simultaneous sinusoidal or other alternating voltage patterns, typically 120° out of phase with each other. Higher power efficiency and smoothness of operation is possible with three-phase operation. Three-phase power is most often used in industrial or high power motors.

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Devices are designed or suitable for metal removal or finishing of castings. Castings tend to have coarser structure often with hard inclusions or phase, which present grinding and finishing challenges.

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Devices load parts automatically and can be operated without user intervention. Machines change or adjust abrasive product, workpiece, and other parameters such as speed, applied load, or coolant/lubricant flow rate in a pre-programmed manner. They also index the cut depth or position to achieve the required material removal, geometry, and/or surface finish.

Devices include automated computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools. These can be as simple as point-to-point linear controls or can perform highly complex algorithms that involve multiple axes of control. CNC controllers use a programming language called G-code that is downloaded from the controller to operate the machine. M-code is a standard set of machine tool codes that are normally used to switch on the spindle, coolant, or auxiliary devices.

Devices are controlled or programmed through a personal computer (PC) interface that uses an operating system such as Microsoft Windows®. Machines change or adjust grinding wheel or abrasive product, workpiece or other parameters such as speed, applied load, or coolant/lubricant flow rate in a pre-programmed manner. Both Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Other unlisted, specialized, or proprietary automation and material handling technologies.

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Devices are designed to use superabrasives or diamond or cubic boron nitride (CBN) abrasives. Very rigid or high-stiffness machines make better use of superabrasives in precision grinding applications.

Devices are designed to use bonded abrasives such as grinding wheels, honing stones, and cut-off wheels. Typically these devices have greater rigidity or stiffness than equipment that is designed for flexible coated abrasives. Protective shielding and enclosures are also important device features.

Devices are designed to use coated abrasives such as abrasive belts, discs, sheets, lapping film, flapwheels, flapdiscs, drum sleeves (spiral bands), or specialty abrasives. These devices often have a softer backup (pad or contact wheel) that is designed for flexible coated abrasive products.

Machine is designed to utilize chemicals to accelerate the material removal or finishing process. Isotropic superfinishing and electrochemical grinding are examples of chemically accelerated processes.

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